May 25, 2018 Dear editor; Consumers with Illinois driver’s licenses need to know something I learned the hard way: If you renew your stickers through an E-mail notification you will simply receive the registration sheet with the sticker without further explanation. I received an odd-looking plain orange sticker bearing only
June 5, 2018 Dear editor; Shame, shame, on you, Mr. Trump. The 1,400-plus missing children who have been taken away from their parents when they try to cross the border is beyond cruelty. You are a thug, and show your ignorance of what trauma and psychological harm are done to
By Joan Solms – I stood close to the action, during the Aurora Pride Parade Sunday, to be sure I saw Aurora mayor Richard Irvin, and he saw me. I told him I would attend. My son and I wore our Choose Life T-shirts. The mayor had announced he was
Grandpa, I am starting to get suspicious of my son-in-law’s motives. He and my daughter seem to get along well. He tells me that he loves me like I am his own mother. They had been married only about a year when he decided to buy life insurance for me.
May 28, 2018 Dear editor; Both sides of the life issues should be put on trial. Aurora’s Memorial Day parade was vocally screwed by a man holding a sign with a picture of an aborted baby on it. He was yelling at the people lining the parade route for the
Grandpa, In the Book of Acts, Luke tells Theophilus that Jerusalem is a Sabbath Day’s journey from the Mount of Olives. That does not help me to know the distance. I have looked it up on (the internet) and can’t find any definitive answer to my question about what a
May 31, 2018 Dear editor; The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 219 in Aurora held its annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, a national event to help end hunger Saturday May 12. Stamp Out Hunger is the largest one-day food drive in the country and this year we
June 1, 2018 Dear editor; As the great newspaper, The Voice, prepares for completion of 10 great years, I, as a reader, want to say “Great job and a great paper.” Keep up the great job and I will continue to be a reader each week. Thank you. Jim Miller
Grandpa, We have been married for about three years. At first there was a lot of passion in our marriage. My husband has a good job and I work part time. We have no kids and we don’t want any, yet. We bought a house that is well within our
May 24, 2018 Dear editor; At a recent Aurora Township meeting, I spoke with Juan Reyna, the highway commissioner, who told us his son would be a freshman at East Aurora High School in the Fall. To raise laughter, I told him not to send him in a dress. He
May 28, 2018 Dear editor; Now that the school year is over, I have had the privilege of being the school crossing guard at Heather and Edgelawn Drives for more than 12 years for the children of Hall Elementary School on the West Side of Aurora. I would like to
May 21, 2018 Dear editor; There’s a crisis looming in our State’s workers’ compensation system. If allowed to fester, it will keep workers from receiving timely medical treatment for work-place injuries. It will delay workers’ recoveries and their return to their jobs. And it will end up costing more for
May 16, 2018 Dear editor; Recently, WBEZ radio reported that Illinois Veterans’ Home administrators downplayed the threat of the Quincy Legionnaires’ outbreak in 2015 by not properly informing staff members. Rather than the Illinois governor Bruce Rauner administration warning patients and workers about the confirmed Legionnaires’ cases, it sent an
May 8, 2018 Dear editor; Small businesses have given so much to our community. They donate money to scouting events, Rotary Clubs, and community non-profits, not to mention taking the time to volunteer for worthy causes. Small businesses are the drivers of our economy, and some of the most important
May 14, 2018 Dear editor; Charles Coddington and I never have had a meeting of the minds, but his words on government and freedom of speech (See The Voice May 10 issue) hit the truth target on the head: “The two party system is corrupt beyond belief.” On the Aurora
